Sep. 9, 2012

Written by

Cameron Miculka
Pacific Sunday News

Five years after their procurement, the island's 15 hazard sirens are still sitting in a warehouse gathering dust.

In 2007, the Guam Homeland Security and Office of Civil Defense bought 15 sirens to be used in emergencies such as tsunami or typhoon alerts through a federal grant, according to Homeland Security spokeswoman Alyssa Benito.

However, a complaint following the procurement alleged that the department didn't go to bid before procurement, violating Guam law. For the next several years, the sirens were tied up with the Office of the Attorney General, until just recently, Benito ...